Airports: Security

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average time taken to pass through security checks at each London airport was in the latest period for which figures are available.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department for Transport's report on improving the Air Passenger Experience (November 2007) provided some indications of security waiting times at Heathrow and Gatwick based on BAA data. Average daily queues were less than 10 minutes for 95 per cent. or more of the time at Heathrow in August 2007.
	No Government published data is currently available on average time taken to pass through security checks. The Department has also commissioned the Civil Aviation Authority to collect data on the average time taken through security checks at four selected UK airports.

Arms Length Management Organisations

Clive Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consultation a local authority is required to undertake before any significant change is made to management arrangements with an arm's length management organisation; what consultation is required before an arm's length management organisation is established; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: Under s105 of the Housing Act 1985 local authorities are required to consult with their tenants on any significant change in housing management arrangements. We would expect any such consultation to be as comprehensive as that undertaken to set up the ALMO. Tenants will have been fully involved in the decision to set up an ALMO, both as part of the options appraisal process and the consultation on the ALMO option itself.
	We debated during passage of the Housing and Regeneration Bill whether a statutory ballot of tenants should be part of this consultation process. I did pledge during the passage of the Bill, that, although I disagreed with the amendments relating to this topic, that when we look at the renewal of guidance, we might need to look at this issue again.

Valuation Office

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the Valuation Office Agency local authority liaison group meeting of 23 July 2008 when they are available.

John Healey: Minutes of the Local Authority "Liaison Group meetings are already available on the VOA website at
	http://www.voa.gov.uk/publications/index.htm.

Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 
	(1)  what measures are in place in the Cabinet Office to monitor expenditure on alcohol for hospitality purposes;
	(2)  what purchasing process is used by his Department for the procurement of alcohol for hospitality purposes.

Phil Hope: All proposals to purchase alcohol for hospitality purposes needs the prior approval pf the Cabinet Office Finance Director. The purchase of alcohol, which may be via the Government Procurement Card, by invoice or by a staff claim is monitored by the Cabinet Office Financial Management Team.

Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

John Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department and its agencies have been  (a) dismissed and  (b) disciplined for their conduct in the last two years.

Derek Twigg: The following table shows the number of Ministry of Defence civilian employees who have been  (a) dismissed in the last two financial years.
	
		
			  Headcount 
			  Financial year  Number of MOD civilian employees dismissed( 1) 
			 2006-07 120 
			 2007-08 100 
			 (1) Includes all non-industrial, industrial and trading fund MOD civilian personnel but excludes Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilian staff for whom no information on exit dismissals is available.  Note: Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. 
		
	
	The following table shows the number of Ministry of Defence civilian employees who have been  (b) disciplined for their conduct in the last two years. It includes all discipline and restoring efficiency cases; this can vary from poor attendance to excessive sick absence.
	
		
			   Financial year 
			  Level 1  2006-07( 1)  2007-08 
			 Open cases — (2)1,030 
			 New cases — (2)200 
			 Closed cases — (2)140 
			 (1) Data for financial year 2006-07 is not available. (2) Numbers are provisional.  Note: Data provided by PPPA.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will break down his Department's main estimate in  (a) near cash and  (b) non-cash terms on the same basis as in his answers to the hon. Member for Aldershot on 4 March 2008,  Official Report, column 2346W and 5 March 2008,  Official Report, column 2284W.

Bob Ainsworth: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
	 Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to Gerald Howarth:
	I undertook to write to you in answer to your Parliamentary Question on 14 July 2008,  Official Report, column 168W, requesting a breakdown of the Department's main estimate in near cash and non-cash terms on the same basis as previous replies on 4 March 2008,  Official Report, column 2346W and 5 March 2008,  Official Report, column 2284W.
	I attach tables which provide a detailed breakdown of the Department's Main Estimates for 2008-09.
	I am placing a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.
	
		
			  Breakdown of Main Estimates 
			  TLB  Estimate type  £000 
			  RfR1   
			  Commander-in-Chief Fleet DEL near cash 2,199,338 
			  DEL non cash 2,555 
			  Grants 10,462 
			  Operating A-in-A -41,157 
			  Total DEL 2,171,198 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget grants 2,253 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total non Budget 2,253 
			  CDEL 25,033 
			  CDEL non operating A-in-A — 
			  AME non operating A-in-A — 
			  Total capital 25,033 
			 Total Commander-in-Chief Fleet  2,198,484 
			
			  Commander-in-Chief Land   
			  DEL near cash 6,479,727 
			  DEL non cash 31,532 
			  Grants 59,658 
			  Operating A-in-A -107,762 
			  Total DEL 6,463,155 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget grants 15,138 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 15,138 
			  CDEL 260,985 
			  CDEL non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 260,985 
			 Total Commander-in-Chief Land  6,739,278 
			
			  Commander in Chief Air Command   
			  DEL near cash 2,888,118 
			  DEL non cash 10,918 
			  Grants 3,099 
			  Operating A-in-A -168,113 
			  Total DEL 2,734,022 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget grants 7,189 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 7,189 
			  CDEL 111,675 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 111,675 
			 Total Commander-In-Chief Air Command  2,852,886 
			
			  Chief of Joint Operations   
			  DEL near cash 433,968 
			  DEL non cash 28,915 
			  Grants 0 
			  Operating A-in-A -25,489 
			  Total DEL 437,394 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash 0 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 0 
			  CDEL 68,258 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 68,258 
			 Total Chief of Joint Operations  505,652 
			
			  Central   
			  DEL near cash 1,727,297 
			  DEL non cash 206,095 
			  Grants 168,562 
			  Operating A-in-A -335,848 
			  Total DEL 1,766,106 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME Grants — 
			  AME non cash -12 
			  AME A in A — 
			  Total AME -12 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget grants 750 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 750 
			  CDEL 87,088 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A -12,115 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 74,973 
			 Total Central  1,841,817 
			
			  Defence Equipment and Support   
			  DEL near cash 5,678,284 
			  DEL non cash 9,179,048 
			  Grants 1,051 
			  Operating A-in-A -192,471 
			  Total DEL 14,665,912 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash -84,762 
			  AME A-in-A — 
			  Total AME -84,762 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget A-in-A -4 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget -4 
			  CDEL 7,310,755 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A 0 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 7,310,755 
			 Total Defence Equipment and Support  21,891,901 
			
			  Science, Innovation Technology   
			  DEL near cash 622,507 
			  DEL non cash -5,284 
			  Grants 4,204 
			  Operating A-in-A 0 
			  Total DEL 621,427 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 0 
			  CDEL 0 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 0 
			 Total Science, Innovation, Technology  621,427 
			
			  Defence Estates   
			  DEL near cash 1,209,571 
			  DEL non cash 1,486,735 
			  Grants 0 
			  Operating A-in-A -371,944 
			  Total DEL 2,324,362 
			  AME near cash 0 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash 3,026 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 3,026 
			  CDEL 221,368 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A -203,000 
			  Capital Non Budget 2,019 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A 0 
			  Total Capital 20,385 
			 Defence Estates Total  2,347,773 
			
			  Administration costs   
			  DEL near cash 2,294,141 
			  DEL non cash — 
			  Grants — 
			  Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total DEL 2,294,141 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget near cash grants — 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 0 
			  CDEL — 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 0 
			 Total Administration costs  2,294,141 
			
			  Total RfR1   
			  DEL near cash 23,532,951 
			  DEL non cash 10,940,514 
			  Grants 247,036 
			  Operating A-in-A -1,242,784 
			  Total DEL 33,477,717 
			  AME near cash 0 
			  AME Grants 0 
			  AME non cash -84,774 
			  AME receipts 0 
			  Total AME -84,774 
			  Non Budget near cash 3,026 
			  Non Budget Grants 25,330 
			  Non Budget non cash 0 
			  receipt -4 
			  Total Non Budget 28,352 
			  COEL 8,085,160 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A -215,115 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A 0 
			  Non Budget Capital 2,019 
			  Total Capital 7,872,064 
			 Total RfR1  41,293,359 
			
			  RfR2   
			  Operations and Peace-Keeping   
			  DEL near cash 89,566 
			  DEL non cash — 
			  Grants — 
			  Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total DEL 89,566 
			  AME near cash — 
			  AME non cash — 
			  Total AME 0 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 0 
			  CDEL 0 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 0 
			 Total Operations and Peace-Keeping  89,566 
			
			  RfR3   
			  War Pensions and Allowances   
			  Admin budget — 
			  DEL near cash — 
			  DEL non cash — 
			  Grants — 
			  Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total DEL 0 
			  AME near cash — 
			  Grants 1,015,602 
			  AME non cash -512 
			  Total AME 1,015,090 
			  Non Budget near cash — 
			  Non Budget non cash — 
			  Total Non Budget 0 
			  CDEL — 
			  CDEL Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  AME Non Operating A-in-A — 
			  Total Capital 0 
			 Total War Pensions and Allowances  1,015,090 
			
			 MOD Total  42,398,015

Departmental Sick Leave

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how many staff in  (a) his Department,  (b) its agencies and  (c) the non-departmental bodies for which it has responsibility have taken sick days due to mental health and behavioural disorders in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of staff of each body this represented in each year; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what the average duration of single periods of sick leave taken by staff in  (a) his Department,  (b) its agencies and  (c) the non-departmental bodies for which it has responsibility who gave mental health and behavioural disorders as the reason for their absence was in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  how many sick days were taken by employees in  (a) his Department,  (b) its agencies and  (c) the non-departmental bodies for which it has responsibility due to mental health and behavioural disorders in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of sick days taken this represented in each case; and if he will make a statement.

Derek Twigg: The Department reports absences listed for mental health and behavioural disorders against the standard ICD 10 Code—Mental and Behavioural Disorders (PSD).
	Data for staff in the Ministry of Defence is listed in the following table.
	
		
			  Sick days recorded against ICD 10: Mental Health and Behavioural Disorders (PSD) 
			   Personnel   Total working days lost 
			  12 months ending  Number  Percentage  Average days duration  Number  Percentage 
			 31 December 2005 3,920 5.0 22.1 134,670 18.3 
			 31 December 2006 3,980 5.3 21.9 128,030 19.4 
			 31 December 2007 3,830 5.4 22.5 124,950 19.9 
			 31 March 2008 3,770 5.4 22.4 122,440 20.4 
			  Notes: 1. Data excludes staff in Trading Funds, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and Locally Engaged Civilians for whom sickness absence data is not readily available. 2. Data presented reflects the current Cabinet Office definition, setting a maximum absence of 225 days per person in any one year, and excludes absence days that occurred on weekends, annual leave and bank holidays. 3. Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10, totals and sub totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. 4. The percentage of working days lost is calculated as a percentage of the total working days lost due to sickness absence. 
		
	
	Information prior to calendar year 2005 is compiled on a previous definition for monitoring sickness absence which is not consistent with figures for calendar year 2005 onwards.
	Data for the Ministry of Defence's agencies and non-departmental bodies is not held centrally, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	Mental health and behavioural disorders such as anxiety and depression are often stress-related and MOD classifies all such absences under the same code. MOD is committed to protecting the health, safety and well-being of its employees and has a number of procedures in place to reduce stress at work.
	A stress management framework, based on the Health and Safety Executive's management standards, is available to all employees and gives easy to use advice on the successful prevention, recognition and management of stress at work. Online health promotion material on stress avoidance techniques is also available.
	It is also MOD policy to seek the early advice of occupational health professionals in cases of sick absence due to stress-related illnesses.

Military Aircraft

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the programme cost of the Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle is represented by  (a) research and development,  (b) the air vehicle,  (c) the sensors package,  (d) ground stations and  (e) through-life support.

Bob Ainsworth: Information relating to the costs of the Watchkeeper programme are not held in the format requested. Where available, details of the programme costs are as follows:
	The Watchkeeper Concept and Assessment Phases (equivalent to the latter stages of research) cost £65 million.
	The total cost of Watchkeeper air vehicles (excluding sensors) is £50.99 million.
	The total cost of sensors is £30.4 million.
	Ground control stations are included in the overall costs of the demonstration and manufacture contract.
	I am withholding information on expected costs for through-life support as its release would prejudice commercial interests.

Military Aircraft

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many unmanned aerial vehicles of each type are  (a) in service and  (b) on order.

Bob Ainsworth: The information requested is shown in the table as follows:
	
		
			  Type of UAV  In-Service  On Order 
			 Desert Hawk III 89 42 
			 Hermes 450 101 0 
			 Watchkeeper 0 54 
			 Reaper 2 1 
			 (1) Hermes 450 UAVs are provided by Thales Aerospace under a service provision contract. The contract specifies monthly flying hours rather than numbers of air vehicles but the required service is typically achieved with 10 air vehicles.

Departmental Transport

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when each of his Department's and its agencies' green transport plans were introduced; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such plan.

Angela Eagle: HMRC's green travel strategy is contained within the Department's Sustainable Development Action Plan, which was published in 2007. HMRC also encourages the development of regional green travel plans that are administered on a local level and can be tailored to suit local staff and business needs. HMRC is in the process of updating its plan to reflect revised baselines and new actions in support of Sir Gus O'Donnell's recent response to feedback from the Sustainable Development Commission. I am willing to place a copy of this revised plan in the Library.
	The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) does not have a separate transport plan. The VOA is included in HMRC's Sustainable Development Action Plan (SDAP), which includes a green transport strategy, published in 2007.
	The Royal Mint introduced its green transport plan in 1999. A copy has been deposited in the Library of the House.
	Office of Government Commerce, OGC Buying Solutions, Government Actuaries Department, National Savings and Investments do not currently have a green transport plan.
	HM Treasury do not have a green transport plan, but have included detailed information on transport in the 2007-2008 Annual Report.

Avian Influenza

Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of birds which have died from avian influenza in  (a) Cornwall,  (b) each constituency in Cornwall,  (c) the South West region and  (d) England in the last two years.

Jonathan R Shaw: I assume the hon. Member means both wild birds and commercial poultry. It is extremely difficult to give an accurate estimate of birds that have died as a result of avian influenza infection. Although some birds tested positive for avian influenza by laboratory tests, they may not have died as a result of the disease (e.g. wild birds may have died as a result of predation, cold weather or a number of other natural causes).
	The following table shows the number of commercial poultry, by species, that were culled as a result of DEFRA's disease control policy, or, wild birds that were submitted as part of the Avian Influenza surveillance programme and that were positive for AI by laboratory testing. In both cases, not all birds would have died from AI infection. Many of the commercial poultry that were culled would have been infected but alive and many not infected at the time of culling, but killed to manage the risk of disease spread because they were part of the same epidemiological unit and had been clearly exposed to infection. Many wild bird and water fowl species may act as carriers for the virus but do not show clinical signs of illness so it is not possible to provide or estimate the number which may be killed by the virus in the wild.
	This information is based on the number of commercial poultry culled during outbreaks of Avian Influenza since July 2006 and the number of AI-positive wild birds submitted to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency for testing as part of the on-going AI surveillance programme.
	
		
			  Location  Number of wild birds  Number of poultry 
			 Cornwall 0 0 
			
			 Each constituency in Cornwall 0 0 
			
			 South West region (Dorset) 11 0 
			
			 England 14 Turkeys: 193,714 
			   Peacocks: 3 
			   Geese: 4,572 
			   Ducks: 52,118 
			   Laying hens: 24,895 
			
			 Total birds culled in England in the last two years  275,302 
		
	
	Although the data in this table gives an indication of the number of birds killed by AI in the last two years, this number represents a relatively low proportion of the commercial poultry industry. Due to the current high level of vigilance in the poultry industry, suspect Avian Influenza cases are notified very quickly, enabling a rapid response by DEFRA and Animal Health, so we have been able to control this disease quickly and effectively where it is identified in commercial poultry flocks.

Departmental Early Retirement

John Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff in  (a) his Department and  (b) his Department's agencies have taken early retirement in the last two years.

Jonathan R Shaw: The number of staff in DEFRA and its agencies that have taken early retirement in the past two years is shown in the following table.
	
		
			   2006-07  2007-08 
			 DEFRA 231 657 
			 AH 0 0 
			 CEFAS 6 9 
			 CSL 2 1 
			 GDS 0 0 
			 MFA 3 1 
			 RPA 5 14 
			 VLA 2 0 
			 VMD 0 0 
			 Total 249 682

Apprenticeships

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent steps he has taken to increase the scope and quality of apprenticeships.

David Lammy: Expanding provision and raising quality are integral to our ambitious plans set out in World-class Apprenticeships. We are establishing the National Apprenticeship Service from April 2009 to ensure the growth of high quality provision of apprenticeships in England. The service will have responsibility for broadening the flexibilities of the Apprenticeship programme to enable employers to develop new apprenticeship frameworks, and to improve and encourage the range of frameworks available.
	The Learning and Skills Council will; assess performance against minimum levels of performance for apprenticeships; develop a new apprenticeship blueprint which defines the core elements of an apprenticeship and specific training requirements; and work with the new Learning and Skills Improvement Service to secure continuous improvement in the provision of apprenticeships.
	Last week the Government published an "Apprenticeships draft Bill" to underpin and help sustain the improvements in the quality of the programme. This draft Bill will ensure that apprenticeships are a badge of quality skills for young people and adults and for employers. It will drive forward the provision of sufficient apprenticeship places to meet the entitlement for our young people to have an offer of an apprenticeship place by 2013
	The Department and the Department for Children, Schools and Families look forward to receiving comments on the draft Bill from hon. and right hon. Members and all those committed to providing high quality skills for people and employers.

Departmental Public Expenditure

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent on  (a) new furnishings,  (b) art and  (c) new vehicles by his Department in each of the last three years.

David Lammy: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was established under Machinery of Government changes in June 2007. Since the Departments creation the following has been spent on:
	
		
			   £ 
			 (a) New furnishings 376,780 
			 (b) Art 0 
			 (c) New vehicles 0

Further Education: Standards

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will provide an updated list of organisations with a monitoring, inspection or improvement role in further education colleges on the same basis as Box 4 on page 27 of the 2005 Department for Education and Skills publication Realising the Potential: A review of the future role of further education colleges.

Bill Rammell: Since 1997 Government have implemented major change to simplify the further education landscape and streamline national agencies. This includes reducing numbers of staff managing the further education and skills system from 10,000 in the TEC era to 4,700 as the Learning and Skills Council was established and further to 3,600 currently. We responded quickly to recommendations in Realising the Potential: A review of the future role of further education colleges by merging two major inspectorates, Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate, thereby simplifying inspection processes. More recently, the merger of the Quality Improvement Agency and the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, to form the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, will streamline processes further and drive quality improvement in the FE service through more direct influence from sector-leaders and practitioners. An updated list of organisations with a monitoring, inspection or improvement role in further education colleges is set out in the following list on the same basis as originally in the review report. This shows a reduction in the number of organisation in with a monitoring, inspection or improvement role.
	List of organisations with a monitoring/inspection/improvement role in FE colleges
	 Inspectorates
	Ofsted
	The Quality Assurance Agency (for HE in FE)
	 Funding/Monitoring/planning influence
	The Learning and Skills Council
	The Higher Education Funding Council for England
	Job Centre Plus
	Local Authorities
	Regional Development Agencies
	Sector Skills Councils/Commission for Employment and Skills
	 Improvement/Standards Setting
	Local Learning and Skills Councils
	The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (being formed from merging the Quality Improvement Agency and the Centre for Excellence in Leadership)
	Lifelong Learning UK
	Institute for Learning
	The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority /Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator
	Awarding Bodies

Government Communications

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many staff in  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network.

David Lammy: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has 36 permanent members of staff that work in the central communication directorate. Other civil servants may have communication as a core part of their role as good communication is integral to helping implement government policy.
	The Department is responsible for two agencies, National Weights and Measures Laboratory and the UK Intellectual Property Office.
	The UK Intellectual Property Office has four members of staff in the communication team who are classified as Government communicators.
	National Weights and Measures Laboratory has approximately 2.5 members of staff in the communications team who are classified as Government communicators.
	All civil servants who work in a communication role can access the GCN and the resources that it provides.

Higher Education: Greater London

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in each London borough  (a) enrolled on and  (b) did not complete a higher education course in each year since 1997.

Bill Rammell: Student retention rates at higher education institutions in this country compare very well internationally. The UK ranks fifth in the OECD for first degree completion rates, out of 23 countries who report data in this area. A university education is How open to more students than ever before and the Government are totally committed to providing opportunities for all people to achieve their potential and to maximise their talent.
	While there has been a slight increase in non-completion for the 2005/06 academic year, the proportion is lower than for most years for which data are available and is much lower than in the late 1990s.
	This has been achieved and maintained during a period when the student population has increased and its diversity widened.
	 (a) The latest available information on entrants to higher education courses is shown in Table 1. Comparable figures for the 2007/08 academic year will be available in January 2009.
	
		
			  Table 1: Full-time and part-time entrants( 1)  to UK higher education institutions( 2)  by London local authority( 3) —academic years 1997/98 to 2006/07 
			   Academic years 
			  Local authority  1997/98  1998/99  1999/2000  2000/01  2001/02  2002/03  2003/04  2004/05  2005/06  2006/07 
			 City of London 85 195 220 205 190 235 215 250 180 200 
			 Camden 2,870 3,285 3,420 3,605 3,560 3,880 3,995 4,070 3,960 3,810 
			 Greenwich 2,120 2,465 2,570 2,775 3,125 3,315 3,515 3,620 3,590 3,565 
			 Hackney 2,490 3,005 3,265 3,330 3,615 3,860 3,980 4,265 4,200 4,200 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,810 2,030 2,260 2,345 2,365 2,550 2,725 2,705 2,740 2,560 
			 Islington 2,280 2,975 3,035 3,300 3,230 3,525 3,695 3,780 3,630 3,625 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 1,775 2,080 2,155 2,115 2,220 2,330 2,250 2,390 2,300 2,175 
			 Lambeth 3,510 4,185 4,295 4,415 4,745 5,010 5,005 5,240 5,185 5,080 
			 Lewisham 3,080 3,760 3,925 4,005 4,395 4,625 4,725 4,915 4,810 4,825 
			 Southwark 3,430 4,140 4,140 4,300 4,605 4,820 5,320 5,390 5,075 4,955 
			 Tower Hamlets 1,645 2,115 2,345 2,560 2,795 3,210 3,270 3,420 3,420 3,425 
			 Wandsworth 3,130 3,880 3,905 3,830 3,940 4,450 4,725 4,685 4,505 4,535 
			 Westminster 2,305 2,820 2,940 2,960 3,115 3,455 3,400 3,595 3,365 3,340 
			 Barking and Dagenham 765 1,075 1,005 1,040 1,250 1,605 1,630 1,815 1,875 1,905 
			 Barnet 4,380 5,080 5,320 5,430 5,510 6,110 5,830 6,175 6,195 5,945 
			 Bexley 1,510 1,805 1,755 2,015 2,135 2,185 2,410 2,485 2,610 2,575 
			 Brent 3,660 4,430 4,450 4,715 4,830 4,945 4,890 5,005 4,815 4,725 
			 Bromley 2,690 3,120 3,340 3,435 3,505 3,850 4,000 4,150 4,000 3,910 
			 Croydon 2,870 3,585 3,755 4,115 4,115 4,415 4,580 4,675 4,800 4,765 
			 Ealing 3,715 4,670 4,880 5,030 5,265 5,420 5,280 5,500 5,405 5,355 
			 Enfield 3,125 3,600 3,790 3,920 4,100 4,340 4,420 4,660 4,695 4,480 
			 Haringey 3,265 4,000 3,970 4,025 4,060 4,385 4,340 4,515 4,430 4,320 
			 Harrow 2,820 3,330 3,575 3,590 3,740 3,995 3,950 4,090 3,985 3,895 
			 Havering 1,335 1,730 1,630 1,640 1,730 1,930 2,035 2,420 2,240 2,120 
			 Hillingdon 1,925 2,405 2,650 2,790 2,840 3,095 3,125 3,175 3,265 3,240 
			 Hounslow 2,070 2,670 2,845 3,015 2,940 3,060 3,150 3,245 3,255 3,210 
			 Kingston upon Thames 1,215 1,895 1,950 2,010 2,165 2,405 2,460 2,525 2,585 2,460 
			 Merton 1,765 2,225 2,355 2,470 2,565 2,760 2,825 2,870 2,840 2,770 
			 Newham 2,660 3,210 3,415 3,525 3,960 4,400 4,355 4,410 4,465 4,540 
			 Redbridge 2,685 3,340 3,270 3,375 3,865 4,160 4,105 4,120 4,255 4,255 
			 Richmond upon Thames 1,830 2,405 2,485 2,385 2,540 2,645 2,760 3,050 2,965 2,895 
			 Sutton 1,255 1,730 1,665 1,835 1,935 2,050 2,140 2,300 2,330 2,200 
			 Waltham Forest 2,420 3,110 3,030 3,085 3,515 3,830 3,700 4,030 3,715 3,870 
			 (1) Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December to maintain a consistent time series across all years and are rounded to the nearest five. Figures include the Open University but exclude those on writing up, sabbatical or dormant mode of study. (2) Covers entrants to postgraduate and undergraduate HE level courses in UK higher education institutions. (3) London boroughs have been taken to be local authority areas. Students are allocated to local authority area by postcode; figures exclude students with missing or invalid postcodes.  Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). 
		
	
	 (b) The standard measure of non-completion is the proportion of UK-domiciled full-time first degree starters of all ages who are projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another institution. The available information for higher education institutions in the UK and England are shown in Table 2. This figure is not disaggregated below national level.
	
		
			  Table 2: Proportion of full-time first degree starters who were projected to neither gain an award nor transfer to another institution — UK and English Higher education institutions—academic years 1997/98 to 2005/06 
			  Percentage 
			   UK  England 
			 1997/98 15.7 15.8 
			 1998/99 15.8 15.9 
			 1999/2000 15.8 15.8 
			 2000/01 15.0 15.0 
			 2001/02 14.1 13.8 
			 2002/03 14.4 13.9 
			 2003/04 14.9 14.4 
			 2004/05 14.2 13.8 
			 2005/06 14.1 13.9 
			  Note: The projected outcomes for a cohort are based on the assumption that their patterns of progression will follow those of students currently in the system. A student is assumed to have left with no award if they have been inactive for two years.  Source: Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many  (a) individuals and  (b) establishments have been prosecuted for selling alcohol to under-age people in Hampshire in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many people were prosecuted for selling alcohol to children in Hampshire in each of the last five years.

Vernon Coaker: The number of people and the number of others proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences relating to selling alcohol to under age persons in Hampshire police force area, for the years 2002 to 2006 can be viewed in the following table.
	A Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) can also be applied for the offence; the number of PNDs issued in Hampshire police force area was two in 2004, 67 in 2005, and 109 in 2006.
	
		
			  N umber of persons and the number of others proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences relating to selling alcohol to under age persons in Hampshire police force area, 2002 to 2006( 1,2,3,4,5) 
			   Proceeded against 
			   Persons  Other 
			 2002 4 — 
			 2003 — — 
			 2004 9 — 
			 2005 11 — 
			 2006 2 — 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(1). Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 Licensing Act 2003 S.146(1) Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Licensing Act 1964 Sec 181A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 Sec 17. Allow sale of alcohol to an individual under 18. Licensing Act 2003 Sec 147(1) & (5) (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their Inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (4) The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005. (5) Figures for Other includes: Public bodies, companies, organisations   Source:  Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) businesses and  (b) individuals were prosecuted for supplying alcohol to those under the age of 18 years in (i) England, (ii) Staffordshire and (iii) Tamworth constituency in each of the last three years.

Vernon Coaker: The number of persons and the number of other defendants namely businesses, companies, and organisations proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences relating to selling alcohol to under age persons, in Staffordshire Police Force Area, and England, 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in the attached table.
	From the court proceedings database held by the Ministry of Justice, it is not possible to identify those defendants prosecuted in the Tamworth constituency, as the data are not collected at this level of detail.
	A Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) can also be applied for the offence; the number of PNDs issued in Staffordshire Police Force Area was 0 in 2004, 19 in 2005, and 75 in 2006. The number issued in England for the same offence was 112 in 2004, 1,839 in 2005 and 2,936 in 2006.
	
		
			 Number of persons and the number of other defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences relating to selling alcohol to under age persons in Staffordshire Police Force Area, and England, 2004 to 2006(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 
			   Staffordshire Police Force Area  England 
			   Proceeded against  Proceeded against 
			   Persons  Other  Persons  Other 
			 2004 5 — 757 21 
			 2005 20 — 994 3 
			 2006 23 — 1,038 46 
			 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, Intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(1). Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 Licensing Act 2003 S.146(l) Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Licensing Act 1964 Sec 181A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 Sec 17. Allow sale of alcohol to an individual under 18. Licensing Act 2003 Sec 147(1) and (5) 3 Every effort Is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, It is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, other agencies, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 4 The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005. 5 Figures for Other includes: Public bodies, companies, organisations  Source:  Court proceedings data held by RDS - Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice

Antisocial Behaviour

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many local authorities in England have applied to make  (a) an Alcohol Disorder Zone,  (b) a section 30 dispersal order and  (c) a designated public place order in each year since each was introduced.

Vernon Coaker: holding answer 21 July 2008
	There are currently no Alcohol Disorder Zones (ADZs) that we are aware of. ADZs were only commenced on 5 June 2008 and require a number of steps to be taken before a full ADZ is implemented.
	Between January 2004 and 31 March 2006, the police have used the power in section 30 of the Anti Social Behaviour Act 2003 to disperse unruly groups in over 1,000 designated areas. Figures are not available broken down by year. Figures for 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 are due to be published in the next few months.
	The Home Office has been informed that 613 Designated Public Place Orders (DPPO)s have been implemented throughout England and Wales. This figure is broken down by year as follows; three in 2001, 68 in 2002, 78 in 2003, 98 in 2004,103 in 2005, 136 in 2006, 97 in 2007 and 30 in 2008.
	A full list of the Council's which have implemented the orders can be accessed at the following internet link which includes commencement date.
	http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/alcoholorders/alcoholorders09.htm

Crime: Statistics

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what figures  (a) her Department and  (b) police services collate on (i) youth and gang-related nuisance, (ii) vandalism and damage to property, (iii) drug nuisance and drug dealing, (iv) prostitution and kerb-crawling, (v) dog and animal nuisance and (vi) harassment and intimidation; and what the lowest administrative unit is at which such figures are collated.

Vernon Coaker: The Home Office (HO), National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and police forces collect data on the following areas respectively:
	 (i) youth and gang-related nuisance
	a. The number of incidents of antisocial behaviour (ASB), as defined by the National Standard for Incident Recording (NSIR) (NPIA and forces).
	b. The number of incidents of ASB which are 'youth-related' as defined by NSIR (NPIA and forces).
	c. No information is collated centrally on 'gang'-related incidents. This may be collected by forces on a local level but the HO and NPIA do not collate this information.
	 (ii) vandalism and damage to property
	d. Number of offences of criminal damage recorded by the police (HO and forces).
	e. Additionally, the British crime survey includes estimates of criminal damage to property or vehicles belonging to private households.
	 (iii) drug nuisance and dealing
	f. The number of (non-notifable crime) incidents where 'drugs' represent a characteristic or motivating factor behind the incident (NPIA and forces). Note that the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and City of London Police do not collate this information.
	g. The number of drugs offences recorded by the police (HO and forces).
	 (iv) prostitution and kerb-crawling
	h. Number of offences of 'soliciting for the purpose of prostitution' (commonly known as 'kerb crawling' recorded by the police) (HO and forces).
	Number of incidents of 'prostitution-related activity' as defined by NSIR (NPIA and forces).
	 (v) dog and animal nuisance
	i. The number of ASB 'animal problems' as defined by NSIR (this includes dogs) (NPIA and forces).
	 (vi) harassment and intimidation
	j. Number of crimes of 'harassment' recorded by the police (HO and forces).
	 (vii) litter, rubbish and fly-tipping
	k. The number of incidents of ASB 'environmental damage/littering' as defined by NSIR.
	l. The number of crimes of 'fly-tipping' recorded by the police (HO and forces).
	Forces and the NPIA collate incident data at force and basic command unit (BCU) level. Many forces collate this information at a lower level (CDRP/ward) but this will vary from force to force.
	The HO collates notifiable crime at BCU, local authority and crime and disorder reduction partnership levels. Forces may collate this data at a ward level.
	Full monthly crime and incident data at these reporting levels can be found on the Iquanta system at:
	https://iquanta.net/
	Crime statistics and the British crime survey results can be found at:
	http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/statistics/statistics074.htm
	The MPS and City of London Police do not collate information on drugs-related incidents.

Crimes of Violence

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the level of  (a) knife crime and  (b) violent crime against the person in each (i) county and (ii) constituency in England and Wales.

Vernon Coaker: From April 2007, police forces have been providing the Home Office with aggregate data on serious violence (attempted murder, GBH and robbery) involving knives and sharp instruments. These offences are centrally available at police force area and region level rather than County or Constituency level, and are given in Table (A) placed in the House Library.
	Available data from the Homicide Index relates to offences currently recorded as homicide where the apparent method of killing was 'sharp instrument', as at 12 November 2007. Table (B) shows the number of such offences recorded by police force area and region in England and Wales in 2006-07 placed in the House Library.
	Violent crime offences by police force area and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership areas for 2006-07 and 2007-08 are given in tables (C ) and (D) respectively placed in the House Library.

Criminal Records Bureau

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  on how many occasions the Criminal Records Bureau disclosed the personal history of one individual to another individual as a result of mistaken identity in each year since its inception; and how many complaints the Bureau has received as a result of such errors;
	(2)  how many applicants for Criminal Records Bureau checks were asked to supply fingerprint evidence to resolve cases of mistaken identity in each year since its inception; and what percentage of all checks this represented.

Meg Hillier: All the quality control procedures at the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) are geared to achieving the highest levels of accuracy. In addition, the CRB carries out a post disclosure accuracy check that analyses all aspects of the disclosure application and its issue. This check was introduced in 2007 and is based on a statistical sample of disclosure applications and from that sample it can be ascertained that the accuracy rate for 2006-07 is 99.94 per cent. and for 2007-08 is 99.98 per cent.
	Over the past 12 months the CRB have issued 3,457,424 disclosures and have used applicants' fingerprints 358 times to distinguish them from records held on the police national computer (PNC) to which they had originally been matched. Of these, 115 applicants were found to have been correctly matched to the record held on PNC. The number found to be incorrectly matched to a record on PNC following fingerprints represents 0.007 per cent. of disclosures issued during the past 12 months.
	No comparative data is available on either of these issues prior to the dates referred to.

Departmental Complaints

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been received by her Department's complaints officer in each year since 1997.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 21 July 2008
	The information is as follows:
	 Home Office HQ
	The Home Office does not record complaints separately from day to day correspondence. All incoming correspondence, including any complaints, is scanned onto the Department's correspondence tracking system and is dealt with by the appropriate unit. Complaints are not identified as such on the system and no specific data are available.
	 Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
	The CRB does not record complaints separately from day to day correspondence.
	 United Kingdom Border Agency
	Data can be provided from 2000 for service delivery complaints and 2001 for misconduct complaints.
	The number of complaints received from members of the public through the United Kingdom Border Agency's central complaints unit (the Customer Focus Team), broken down by category and year is as follows:
	
		
			  Misconduct complaints (relating to staff behaviour) 
			   Number 
			 1 January 2001 to 31 March 2002 530 
			 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 436 
			 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 546 
			 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 422 
			 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 433 
			 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 354 
			 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 360 
		
	
	
		
			  Service delivery complaints (relating to level of service) 
			   Number 
			 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 2,747 
			 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 3,943 
			 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 3,402 
			 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 11,788 
			 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005 13,008 
			 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 13,618 
			 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 12,594 
			 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 13,585 
		
	
	The data does not include complaints which may have been received within correspondence managed through separate processes, for example letter from Members of Parliament.
	 Identity and Passport Service (IPS)
	The information is not available save at disproportionate cost. IPS does not record all complaints centrally and it would be a major exercise to collate information from the seven regional offices as well as the 68 ION offices together with those escalated complaints that do come up to HQ.

Departmental Public Participation

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what  (a) listening exercises and  (b) public forums her Department has held in each of the last two years; and what the (i) purpose, (ii) cost, (iii) private contractor and (iv) amount paid to the private contractor was in each case.

Liam Byrne: Listening exercises and public forums were held on Citizenship, Immigration and Integration; "Tackling Drugs—Changing Lives"; Crime and Drugs Strategy; Counter Terrorism community visits; Drugs Consultation; Young People Consultation; and Schools Pack Conferences.
	The purpose of these events was to gain public feedback to inform the Green Paper on "The Path to Citizenship"; to gain feedback for the next drug strategy; for Ministers to hear and learn from the concerns of community members they meet; to inform, support and mobilise stakeholders to deliver on new crime and drugs strategies; to listen to the views of young people on drug issues; and to disseminate Understanding Drugs pack and pupil booklet to educational practitioners responsible for delivery of school-based drug education lessons.
	To gain the information on the costs, contractors, and amounts paid to private contractors for each event could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, as this data is not recorded separately on the Department's accounting systems.

Emergency Calls

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many telephone calls made to emergency 999 telephone operators in which the caller wished to report a crime were not treated as an appropriate 999 call in  (a) North Kent,  (b) Kent and  (c) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(2)  how many telephone calls reporting crimes were made to  (a) the 999 emergency number and  (b) local police stations in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the average (i) cost and (ii) duration of such calls.

Tony McNulty: The available data on 999 calls are given in the following table. The remainder of the information requested is not collected centrally.
	
		
			  Emergency call handling (provisional)( 1)  by force for 2006-07 
			   Local target time for answering calls (seconds)  Number of 999 calls received  Number of 999 calls answered within target 
			 Avon and Somerset 10 281,336 241,038 
			 Bedfordshire 15 97,357 91,611 
			 Cambridgeshire 12 142,520 128,425 
			 Cheshire 15 153,233 140,753 
			 Cleveland 10 104,779 100,680 
			 Cumbria 10 58,782 51,363 
			 Derbyshire 10 159,633 150,555 
			 Devon and Cornwall 10 268,763 229,554 
			 Dorset 10 93,434 84,289 
			 Durham 10 99,609 86,200 
			 Dyfed-Powys 10 52,026 46,108 
			 Essex 15 265,394 248,395 
			 Gloucestershire 10 158,447 150,564 
			 Greater Manchester 15 751,545 664,691 
			 Gwent 10 109,401 91,656 
			 Hampshire 10 290,987 256,908 
			 Hertfordshire 10 168,388 156,607 
			 Humberside 10 156,655 141,376 
			 Kent 10 234,421 226,957 
			 Lancashire 10 266,505 241,427 
			 Leicestershire 15 151,539 134,660 
			 Lincolnshire 10 88,478 84,875 
			 London, City of(2) 15 1,106,053 904,245 
			 Merseyside 10 374,864 342,795 
			 Metropolitan police 15 2,278,003 1,852,490 
			 Norfolk 10 104,119 93,656 
			 Northamptonshire 10 117,115 107,929 
			 Northumbria 15 264,349 245,006 
			 North Wales 10 108,884 101,035 
			 North Yorkshire 10 97,884 83,275 
			 Nottinghamshire 10 264,571 233,873 
			 South Wales 10 292,558 229,846 
			 South Yorkshire 15 247,013 206,040 
			 Staffordshire 10 168,324 147,867 
			 Suffolk 10 100,351 94,763 
			 Surrey 10 166,496 150,644 
			 Sussex 10 272,173 261,162 
			 Thames Valley 10 353,680 321,602 
			 Warwickshire 15 86,996 71,797 
			 West Mercia(3) — — — 
			 West Midlands 10 708,764 530,539 
			 West Yorkshire 15 482,241 434,359 
			 Wiltshire(4) 10 80,712 71,904 
			 (1) Data collected on behalf of HMIC who use it for inspection purposes only. These data are provisional, and have not been validated with forces. (2 )Data are not available for City of London for quarters 2 to 3. (3 )Data are not available for West Mercia for quarters 1 to 4. (4 )Data are not available for Wiltshire for quarter 4.

Family Intervention Projects

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many families have been  (a) temporarily and  (b) permanently evicted from their homes under family intervention projects.

Beverley Hughes: I have been asked to reply.
	Evidence from a recently published evaluation shows the effectiveness of Family Intervention Projects in improving the lives of families involved in persistent antisocial behaviour. Families are usually facing eviction due to their antisocial behaviour when a project begins to work with them. One of the first tasks the projects undertake is to improve behaviour to stabilise a families' tenancy. The recent evaluation data shows reductions in housing enforcement action, so in the majority of cases the project helps them stay in their home.
	We do not collect data on the number of families evicted from their homes (either permanently or temporarily) white a Family Intervention Project works with them. We know from contact with the projects, however, that eviction happens very rarely. A small minority of families (5 per cent. were identified in the recent evaluation) disengage from the projects and it is possible in a small number of these cases the LA would proceed with an eviction. But these are families who were facing eviction before they became involved with the Family Intervention Project.

Foreign Workers: Care Homes

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the level of illegal working by foreign nationals in care homes; what reports she has received on this subject; and what steps her Department has taken to deal with such illegal working.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 3 April 2008
	 The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) carries out regular enforcement operations in the care home sector and has been building an intelligence picture on illegal employment in care homes based on regional and national reports. UKBA records show that over the last two years the agency has made 120 intelligence led visits and arrested 112 suspected illegal immigrants.
	The data provided is management information. It may be subject to change and does not represent published national statistics.
	The agency is working with the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate, Criminal Records Bureau and Department of Health to develop an action plan that will enable us to provide additional support to those seeking help in ensuring they only employ those with a right to work and allow us to take effective targeted enforcement and prosecution activity whilst ensuring those in receipt of care are not placed at risk. Further details will be published in due course.

Genetics: Databases

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many DNA samples on the DNA database are from children currently under the age of 18 years who have not been charged or cautioned with an offence.

Meg Hillier: Data on young persons aged under 18 was obtained from the National DNA Database (NDNAD) and the Police National Computer (PNC) on 9-10 April 2008. The NDNAD data indicates that, on 10 April 2008, there were 349,934 subject sample profiles relating to persons aged 10 to 17 on it. There are more profiles than individuals due to DNA samples being taken from some individuals on more than one occasion, that is, there is some duplicate sampling. It is estimated that the current rate of profile replication is about 13.3 per cent. Taking the replication rate into account, it is estimated that the 349,934 profiles are equivalent to 303,393 persons aged 10 to 17.
	Data obtained from the PNC on 9-10 April indicates that, of those estimated 303,393 persons, 264,297 (87.1 per cent.) had a conviction, caution, reprimand or had received a final warning and 39,095 (12.8 per cent.) had not been convicted, cautioned, received a final warning/reprimand and had no charge pending against them.

Genetics: Databases

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of maintaining the national DNA database has been in each year since its inception; and what it is estimated to be in 2008-09.

Meg Hillier: The National DNA Database (NDNAD) was established in 1995, when responsibility for the operational management of the NDNAD rested with the Forensic Science Service (FSS) on behalf of the Police Service. No central records of costs relating to the maintenance of the NDNAD are held prior to 2002, as cost data was incorporated in other costs incurred by the FSS.
	In December 2005, the FSS was vested as a Government owned company and the NDNAD transferred from the FSS to the Home Office. On 1 April 2007, the NDNAD transferred from the Home Office to the National Policing Improvement Agency.
	The costs relating to the maintenance of the NDNAD from 2002-08 and the estimated cost for 2008-09 are given in the following tables. The costs from 2006-07 are higher than for previous years, because of the complete separation of costs from the FSS, and because the increase in the number of forensic suppliers requires additional resources for accreditation and continuous monitoring.
	
		
			  Table 1 
			  £ 
			   2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 NDNAD Services costs 774,304 904,385 1,276,823 l,245,151 
			 Supplier Accreditation costs 320,507 388,047 433,828 459,192 
			 Total l,094,811 l,292,432 1,710,651 1,704,343 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 
			  £ 
			   2006-07  2007-08  2008-09( 1) 
			 NDNAD Service delivery including delivery of IT Development projects 2,041,743 1,600,087 1,770,000 
			 Custodian Accreditation 527,677 574,817 750,000 
			 Total 2,569,420 2,174,904 2,520,000 
			 (1) Estimate.

Immigration Officers

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults on immigration officers have occurred in the course of their duties in each year since 1997.

Liam Byrne: The figures for the number of immigration officers who have been assaulted while on duty for the last five calendar years and 2008 are shown in the following table. The following data has been obtained from the UKBA Accident Reporting Database which records all accidents and other health and other safety related incidents.
	
		
			   Physical assaults  Verbal abuse 
			 2003 10 45 
			 2004 19 112 
			 2005 12 134 
			 2006 8 82 
			 2007 8 108 
			 2008 20 18 
		
	
	Figures for 2003-07 have been provided previously in response to PQ 193127 which is given above but additionally includes figures from 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2008.

Immigration Officers

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration officers were assaulted while on duty in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: The figures for the number of immigration officers who have been assaulted while on duty for the last five calendar years are shown in the following table. The data has been obtained from the BIA Accident Reporting Database which records all accidents and other health and other safety related incidents.
	
		
			   Physical assaults  Verbal abuse 
			 2003 10 45 
			 2004 19 112 
			 2005 12 134 
			 2006 8 82 
			 2007 8 108

Offensive Weapons

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government plans to take to assist local communities to reduce knife crime.

Vernon Coaker: holding answer 21 July 2008
	The Government take the problem of knife crime seriously and we are using a variety of measures encompassing legislation, enforcement, education and prevention to address it.
	The Home Secretary announced on 13 July tough measures to deal with those involved in knife crime through greater police enforcement, targeted action and earlier intervention and support for parents. These new measures compliment the Government's launch of the new £100 million Youth Crime Action Plan. The clampdown on knives reflects a triple-track approach of tough enforcement, intensive support and better prevention.
	The Tackling Knives Action Programme is a targeted approach to addressing knife crime in specific areas: Metropolitan Police Service, West Midlands police, Greater Manchester police, Merseyside police, Lancashire police, Essex police, West Yorkshire, Thames Valley police, Nottinghamshire police and South Wales police. The programme will build upon the Tackling Gangs Action Programme that helped deliver a 50 per cent. reduction in gun injuries in hotspot areas in four areas across the country. The Government have asked Deputy Assistant Commissioner Alf Hitchcock, the ACPO lead on knives, to take on the role of head of the Tackling Knives Action Programme alongside his existing role as Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
	This programme will include youth forums to encourage young people to stay on the right track in the first place; knife referral projects to ensure that people convicted of carrying a knife are confronted with the dangers of carrying knives; support for parents who are concerned about their children carrying knives by encouraging them to call parenting organisations such as 'Parentline Plus' to receive confidential advice; encouraging local authorities to provide Safer School Partnership officers to any school that needs one; Trading Standards prioritising test purchasing for the underage sales of knives; working with the Department of Health and local health partners to see what more we can do on knife crime in hotspot areas and supporting licensing authorities to crack down heavily on any establishment that allows underage drinking.

Offensive Weapons: Crime Prevention

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have passed through search arches erected under Operation Blunt in each month since the scheme was initiated.

Vernon Coaker: To date no data is available on the numbers of people passing through such arches but monitoring of numbers, age and ethnicity is in place and data will be released at a later stage.

Offensive Weapons: Crime Prevention

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been found to be carrying a knife through the use of search arches under Operation Blunt in each month since the scheme became operational, broken down by  (a) age,  (b) gender and  (c) ethnic background.

Vernon Coaker: This data is not currently available in relation to search arches.
	Search arches have been deployed as part of search operations for a number of years in London. Since late 2006, this technology has been used more extensively as part of public place search operations, often in relation to the public transport system. From 13 May 2008, search operations involving the use of screening arches have been increased under Operation Blunt 2. To date no data is available about the numbers of people passing through such arches but monitoring of numbers, age and ethnicity is in place and data will be released at a later stage.

Offensive Weapons: Crime Prevention

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many search arches have been erected in  (a) schools,  (b) colleges,  (c) shopping centres,  (d) transport hubs and  (e) other locations under Operation Blunt in each month since the scheme was initiated; and how many knives have been discovered at each search point.

Vernon Coaker: Search arches have been deployed on some 305 occasions in London since the commencement of Operation Blunt 2 on 13 May 2008. Further data relating to the precise location of deployment is not available.

Education: Assessments

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what reasons the results of the key stage 2 and key stage 3 tests which had been marked as at 8 July 2008 have been withheld from schools; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The administration and marking of national curriculum tests is a function of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). Ken Boston, Chief Executive of the QCA, informed the Department of a potential delay to results on 1 July, and wrote to me on 2 July to confirm that he expected there to be delays in publishing the results of national curriculum tests. This was both because marking would not be complete by 8 July, and because of technical issues around data transfer.
	Following extensive discussions between the Department and QCA and after further advice from Ken Boston, including in a letter to me of 3 July, the Secretary of State wrote to Barry Sheerman, the Chairman of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, to inform him that Key Stage 2 results would be delayed by a week until 15 July, with Key Stage 3 results that are available to be released by the end of the week of 15 July.
	QCA advised that the delays would enable the vast majority of key Stage 2 marking to be complete. In the case of Key Stage 3, while it would take longer to complete results, the delay would ensure that as many schools as possible to receive results before the end of term. The decision to delay results to all schools was to enable the process to happen in an orderly fashion, minimising uncertainty for schools.
	We understand that this delay will inconvenience many schools, and we share their frustration and disappointment. NAA is using every measure at its disposal to ensure that all results are delivered as quickly as possible.

Education: Assessments

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many key stage 2 pupils achieved a level five result in at least one subject in 2007.

Jim Knight: The available information is contained in Table 4a of the Statistical First Release titled "National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2 in England, 2007 (Revised)" which can be found at:
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000764/index.shtml
	The table contains percentage of Key Stage 2 pupils who achieved a level five result in at least one subject in 2007.

Education: Assessments

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what steps were taken by his Department to corroborate the evidence offered by the State Education Board of California in its role as referee for ETS's tender for the contract to mark key stage 2 and 3 examinations;
	(2)  what the difference was between the cost of the tender put forward by ETS for the contract to mark key stage 2 and 3 examinations and those put forward by other bidders.

Jim Knight: The administration and marking of national curriculum tests is a function of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) that is delivered independently of Government. The National Assessment Agency (NAA) is responsible for the marking process, which is managed by ETS Europe, their test delivery contractor. I have therefore asked David Gee, managing director of the NAA, to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his letter has been placed in the Library.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what NHS assistance is available for  (a) treatment of people with alcohol addiction and  (b) families of those people.

Dawn Primarolo: There are four different types of treatment for alcohol addiction—structured counselling, community detoxification, with support from a GP, nurse or alcohol treatment worker, specialised residential services, for those who are not able to receive or not suitable for community based treatment, and self-help groups. The effectiveness of these treatments is dependent on the degree of motivation of the individual and the severity of their addiction.
	On 1 November 2005, the Department published the 'Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project's' (ANARP) assessment of the alcohol treatment needs in England, with a main focus on the measurement of the gap between the demand for and provision of specialist alcohol treatment services in England at a national and regional level. Copies of this publication have been already placed in the Library.
	ANARP conducted their research over a period of six months between September 2004 and February 2005 and concluded that there was a large gap between the need for alcohol treatment and access to alcohol treatment.
	Aside from ANARP, data on those receiving alcohol treatment have not been routinely collected. However, on 1 April 2008 the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System, which collects data on people in structured drug treatment in England, was expanded to include the collection of alcohol treatment data.
	Called the National Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System (NATMS) this system will, in time, allow the Department, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts (PCTs) to monitor alcohol treatment services in England. The latest data show that during the month of April 2008 there were 44,863 people receiving structured treatment for alcohol misuse.
	A new national health service indicator has been put into place to measure the change in the rate of hospital admissions for alcohol related harm from April 2008—the first ever national commitment to monitor how the NHS is tackling alcohol health harms.
	This indicator is expected to encourage PCTs to invest in earlier identification of people who drink too much, linked to advice and support from GPs or other health care staff—shown to be the best way of reducing the kind of 'everyday' drinking which over time leads to liver disease and other problems, including dependency.
	From 2007-08 PCTs have received an extra £15 million of additional funding to improve alcohol interventions. The National Audit Office will carry out a value for money audit of NHS spend on alcohol interventions and specialist treatment, with a report expected this autumn.
	In total 76 local authorities have chosen to set a target using National Indicator 31, rate of hospital admissions per 100,000 for alcohol related harm, of the National Indicator Set, as part of their local area agreement. The National Indicator Set allows progress against national priorities, agreed by Government, to be measured and strengthens the incentives for improved and closer partnership working.

Cancer: Health Services

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has established a pilot training programme for laparoscopic surgery, as referred in paragraph 4.20 of his Department's Cancer Reform Strategy; and when he anticipates a training programme to be implemented nationwide.

Ann Keen: The pilot training programme for laparoscopic colorectal cancer was set up, following a tender exercise, by the national Cancer Action Team in January 2008. 10 training centres have been appointed, together with a national coordination centre, as follows:
	Hull and East Yorkshire NH$ Trust (Training Centre and National Coordination Centre);
	Newcastle-upon-Tyne NHS Trust;
	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust;
	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust;
	North West London Hospitals NHS Trust;
	King's College Hospital And Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trusts;
	Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust;
	The Pelican centre and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust;
	Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust; and
	The South West Laparoscopic Consortium (Bristol, Yeovil and Plymouth).
	Imperial College London has been appointed to develop the underpinning educational and assessment materials. The pilot is due to run for a period of 18 months with an evaluation being carried out towards the end of the project.

Cancer: Medical Treatments

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) new cancer treatments and  (b) significant new licensed indications for existing cancer treatments have been referred to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) since 3 December 2007; and whether NICE (i) has and (ii) has not initiated a technology appraisal for each.

Ann Keen: The 15(th) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) work programme was referred to NICE on 14 December 2007 and included the following six cancer technology appraisals:
	lenalidomide in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of multiple myeloma in people who have received at least one prior therapy;
	lapatinib in combination with letrozole for the first-line treatment of metastatic hormone-sensitive breast cancer;
	capecitabine for the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer;
	cetuximab for the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer;
	cetuximab for the treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer; and
	ixabepilone for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced breast cancer.
	The 16(th) work programme was referred to NICE on 20 March 2008 and included the following five cancer technology appraisals:
	cetuximab in combination with irinotecan-containing regimens for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer following failure of oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy;
	cetuximab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for metastatic and/or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck;
	intensity modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer;
	intensity modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer; and
	intensity modulated radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer.
	The 17(th) work programme was referred to NICE on 11 June 2008 and included the following eight cancer technology appraisals:
	sorafenib, within its licensed indication for the first line systemic treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma;
	eltrombopag within its licensed indication for the treatment of refractory chronic idiopathic (immune) thrombocytopenic purpura;
	romiplostim within its licensed indication for the treatment of refractory chronic idiopathic (immune) thrombocytopenic purpura;
	mifamurtide within its licensed indications as an adjunct to multi-agent chemotherapy for the treatment of osteosarcoma;
	temozolomide within its licensed indication for advanced and metastatic melanoma;
	dasatinib within its licensed indication for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia;
	topotecan within its licensed indication for the second-line treatment of small cell lung cancer; and
	dasatinib and nilotinib within their licensed indications for imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia.
	We are minded to refer the following nine cancer technology appraisals to NICE as part of the 18(th) work programme. NICE were asked on 20 March 2008 to consult stakeholders on the remits and scopes for these topics, and the results of that consultation are currently being considered.
	bortezomib within its licensed indication for the first line treatment of multiple myeloma;
	sunitinib within its licensed indication for the treatment of unresectable and/or metastatic malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumours refractory to imatinib;
	topotecan within its licensed indication for the treatment of recurrent and carcinoma of the cervix;
	trabectedin within its licensed indication for the treatment of advanced metastatic soft tissue sarcoma;
	pemetrexed within its licensed indication for the first line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non small cell lung cancer;
	rituximab within its licensed indication for the first line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia;
	rituximab within its licensed indication for the relapsed treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia;
	azacitidine within its licensed indication for the treatment of high risk patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukaemia; and
	capecitabine within its licensed indication for advanced gastric cancer.
	We have recently agreed revisions to the topic selection process to implement the Cancer Reform Strategy (CRS) commitments and NICE's 19 work programme will be the first to be referred to NICE under the revised arrangements. NICE is currently consulting on the remit and scope for the following 13 cancer treatments as part of the 19(th) work programme, following which Ministers will be asked to make a final decision on referral of these topics to NICE.
	vorinostat for cutanieous T-cell lymphoma;
	bevacizumab in combination with fluouropyrimidine for metastatic carcinoma of the colon and rectum;
	sunitinib for metastatic breast cancer;
	aflibercept for advanced chemo-refractory eputhelial ovarian cancer;
	arsenic trioxide for promyelocyte leukaemia;
	temsirolimus for mantle cell lymphoma relapsed and/or refractory;
	bevacizumab for breast cancer;
	erlotinib in combination with bevacizumab for advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer;
	rituximab for follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;
	vandetanib for thyroid cancer;
	vandetanib for non small cell lung cancer;
	trastuzumab for gastric cancer; and
	trabectedin for relapsed ovarian cancer.
	NICE commences work on technology appraisals once a final referral has been made by the Department.

Dental Services: Bexley

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many treatments in each treatment band were carried out by NHS dentists in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years.

Ann Keen: Information is not available in the format requested. The classification of courses of treatment (CoTs) into bands was introduced with the new dental contractual arrangements on 1 April .2006. It is therefore not possible to provide the information requested prior to April 2006.
	Information on the number of CoTs by treatment band, in England, for the first two quarters of 2007-08 is available in Tables Al and A2 of Annex 4 of the report "NHS Dental Statistics for England: Quarter 3: 31 December 2007". Information is provided by strategic health authority (SHA) and by primary care trust (PCT). Information for quarter three of 2007-08 is available in Table Al of Annex 3 of the aforementioned report. Information is provided by SHA and by PCT. This report, published on 5 June 2008, has already been placed in the Library and is also available at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalstats0708q3
	Information on the number of CoTs by treatment band, in England, for 2006-07 is available in Table A2 of Annex 3 of the report "NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2006-07". This shows the total number of CoTs for the year, by treatment band and is provided by SHA and by PCT. The report, published on 23 August 2007, has already been placed in the Library and is also available at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dental0607
	Information for the full year 2007-08, including updated quarterly information to account for CoTs reported late, will be available in the report "NHS Dental Statistics: 2007-08", which is due to be published by the Information Centre for health and social care on 21 August 2008.
	Under the old dental contractual arrangements, in place up to and including 31 March 2006, information on the number of claims by treatment type is available in Annex D of "NHS Dental and Activity and Workforce Report, England: 31 March 2006". Information is provided for 2005 and 2006, by SHA. This information is not comparable with data collected under the new dental contractual arrangements. The report, published on 23 August 2006, has already been placed in the Library and is also available at:
	www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dwfactivity
	The aforementioned reports have been published by the Information Centre for health and social care.

NHS: ICT

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the  (a) current and  (b) projected delays are in each of the NHS organisations assigned to Fujitsu's cluster under the NHS IT contract.

Ben Bradshaw: Information about planned and actual deployments in the area covered by the Fujitsu contract at the point of termination of the contract are shown in the following table.
	It is not yet possible accurately to predict the consequential impact on deployments as a result of the termination of the contract. However, it is possible that some services, such as systems to support mental health and community health services, may in the event be delivered more quickly than was originally anticipated through existing contracts with other suppliers.

NHS: ICT

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals  (a) have and  (b) do not have a national programme for IT patient administration system in place.

Ben Bradshaw: As at 21 July 2008 NHS Connecting for Health had deployed patient administration systems in 138 NHS organisations, which are listed as follows. Information on which of the organisations concerned include a hospital site, and which may have more than one hospital site, is not held centrally.
	 Patient Administration System deployments as at 21 July 2008
	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
	Trafford PCT
	Blackburn with Darwen PCT
	Salford PCT
	Stockport PCT
	Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT
	Blackpool PCT
	Bolton PCT
	Warrington PCT
	Knowsley PCT
	Oldham PCT
	Bury PCT
	Tameside and Glossop PCT
	Cumbria PCT
	North Lancashire PCT
	' Central Lancashire PCT
	East Lancashire PCT
	Sefton PCT
	Wirral PCT
	Liverpool PCT
	Halton and St. Helens PCT
	Western Cheshire PCT
	Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT
	Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT
	Manchester PCT
	Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust
	University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
	Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital
	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
	North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust
	Pennine Care NHS Trust
	Five Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust
	Lancashire Care NHS Trust
	Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
	Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
	Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust
	Airedale NHS Trust
	Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust
	Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust
	Barnsley PCT
	Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
	Babington Hospital
	Wilderslowe
	Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust
	Herefordshire PCT
	South Birmingham PCT
	Shropshire County PCT
	Walsall Teaching PCT
	Coventry Teaching PCT
	Telford and Wrekin PCT
	Wolverhampton City PCT
	Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
	Dudley PCT
	Sandwell PCT
	Birmingham East and North PCT
	North Staffordshire PCT
	Stoke on Trent PCT
	South Staffordshire PCT
	Worcestershire PCT
	Warwickshire PCT
	Hereford Hospitals Trust
	South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS
	Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital and NHS Trust
	George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
	Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust
	Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust
	Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
	University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
	Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
	North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
	Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
	East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
	Archer Unit
	Danesbury Hospital
	Gossoms End Elderly Care Unit
	Cambridgeshire PCT
	Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT
	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
	Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
	Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS
	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Part
	RWN South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
	King's College Hospital NHS Trust
	Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
	Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
	The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust
	Epsom and Saint Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
	Bromley PCT
	Greenwich Teaching PCT
	Barnet PCT
	Hillingdon PCT
	Enfield PCT
	Barking and Dagenham PCT
	Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
	Ealing PCT
	Hounslow PCT
	Brent Teaching PCT
	Harrow PCT
	Westminster PCT
	Lambeth PCT
	Southwark PCT
	Lewisham PCT
	Wandsworth PCT
	Richmond and Twickenham PCT
	Sutton and Merton PCT
	Waltham Forest PCT
	Bexley Care Trust
	Newham University Hospital NHS Trust
	Barts and the London NHS Trust
	Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
	Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust
	Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust
	West London Mental Health NHS Trust
	Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
	South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust
	Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
	East London and the City Mental Health NHS Trust
	North East London Mental Health NHS Trust
	Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
	Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
	Surrey PCT
	West Sussex PCT
	Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust
	Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust
	Milton Keynes PCT
	Hampshire PCT
	Buckinghamshire PCT
	Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust
	Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust
	Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust
	Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
	North Somerset PCT
	Somerset PCT
	Weston Area Health NHS Trust
	Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust

Trauma: Health Services

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of pre-hospital care for people who  (a) are severely injured and  (b) have suffered trauma;
	(2)  what recent assessment he has made of the level of provision of pre-hospital care for trauma patients, with particular reference to those patients aged under 16 years;
	(3)  what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of secondary transfer for patients who have suffered severe trauma during the last five years;
	(4)  what assessment he has made of the number of patients requiring trauma care who were aged under 16 years in the each of the last five years.
	(5)  what assessment he has made of the number of trauma patients in accident and emergency departments not seen by a consultant in the last five years; and if he will make a statement;
	(6)  Health what his estimate is of the number of hospitals in England that do not have a formal trauma team but which admit severely injured patients.

Ben Bradshaw: No such assessment has been made centrally. These are matters for the national health service to determine. Over the last year, as part of the Next Stage Review, each strategic health authority has set out its vision for improving health and healthcare based on the recommendations of clinically-led pathway groups including acute care. These visions identify the need for high quality trauma services and a common theme was the need for specialised centres for major trauma.